| 100% | NOHIT | 5 | "I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a ___ game" (Bob Feller) |
| 34% | SPARROW | 7 | I'd rather be a __ than a snail, yes I would |
| 32% | DONLARSEN | 9 | Yankees pitcher who pitched a perfect game in the World Series on 10/8/56: 2 wds. |
| 27% | LARSEN | 6 | Yankee Don who pitched the only no-hitter (a perfect game) in World Series history |
| 27% | LARSEN | 6 | Don who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series |
| 27% | JOURNAL | 7 | *"In 2024, I will ___ (pen down) my thoughts in a diary regularly!" |
| 27% | PITCHER | 7 | Rather than a solo glass, order this for the table |
| 26% | ACE | 3 | Card that beats a king in the game of war |
| 25% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 25% | LAYLA | 5 | Song with the line "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 24% | BULL | 4 | NBA player from Chicago who would play a home game at the United Center |
| 24% | EBAY | 4 | Site where I found the Cloak & Dagger board game I had as a kid |
| 24% | GOOSEGOSSAGE | 12 | Yankees reliever with a "bird" nickname who threw the pitch in the Pine Tar Incident: 2 wds. |
| 24% | LAYLA | 5 | Eric Clapton song with the lyric "Like a fool, I fell in love with you" |
| 24% | MISERY | 6 | Word that sounds like a state when accented on the second syllable rather than the first |
| 24% | ZONEDEFENSE | 11 | Basketball strategy where each person guards an area of the court, rather than a specific player |
| 24% | TRAVISKELCE | 11 | NFL tight end who hosts the game show "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?": 2 wds. |
| 24% | EYREQUOTES | 10 | "Reader, I married him," "I would always rather be happy than dignified," etc.? |
| 24% | DONLARSEN | 9 | Yankees pitcher who threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series: 2 wds. |
| 23% | DAVIDCONE | 9 | Yankees pitcher who pitched a perfect game on 7/18/99, a day honoring 23-Down at Yankee Stadium: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LEN | 3 | Barker of the Cleveland Indians who pitched a perfect game in 1981 |
| 23% | NYY | 3 | The Yankees, on a sports ticker |
| 23% | CAMP | 4 | Pitch a tent for the night |
| 23% | CAMP | 4 | Pitch a tent in the woods |
| 23% | CAMPS | 5 | Pitches a tent under the stars |
| 23% | EYRE | 4 | Jane who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 23% | GODOWN | 6 | "I will ___ in history as the greatest..." (make a name): 2 wds. |
| 23% | EYRE | 4 | Titular narrator who says, “I would always rather be happy than dignified” |
| 23% | EYRE | 4 | Fictional Jane who said "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 22% | EXERCISE | 8 | *"In 2024, I will ___ (workout) regularly!" |